Law of One Religion?

[Monica]

i'm not the one whose signature judges others & offends people.

What if I change it to Eating organic, garden-fresh tomatoes is STS.

Would that offend you too?

i don't defend eating meat, but currently it's wut i choose for my health. u weren't there when i got sick. i was vegetarian & i got very very sick. torture. maybe i can be ok w supplements but it's terrifying to me at the moment to rely solely on that. it broke me to be vegetarian until i caved to eat meat, i was suicidal. i was a burden to others. so i caved. i'm so  sorry i didn't live up to ur standards. it's why i'm emotional, because it fucking broke & tortured me to NOT eat meat.

You might not believe this, but I actually have a great deal of compassion for you. About 20 years ago, I got very sick. I almost died. It was terrifying! I tried everything...herbs, vitamins, various diets, and went to various practitioners: MDs, acupuncturists, herbalists, naturopaths, chiropractors, homeopaths, Reiki practitioners, etc.

Nothing helped. Finally, in desperation, I allowed a nutritionist to convince me to start eating meat again. He was convinced that my problems were because I was a vegetarian.

So, for about 2 years, I dutifully did what I thought I 'had to do.' It was very hard for me. I was completely grossed out by it and the only way I could get it down was to smother it in hot sauce and pretend it was tofu.

But, it didn't help at all. I did all that for nothing. I still had the same health problems, and it turned out that those problems had absolutely nothing to do with being vegetarian.

So, I finally decided "Why am I doing this when it isn't helping anyway?" and went back to being a vegetarian (and, later vegan). Later, I did finally find the solution to my problems.

I can definitely sympathize with someone suffering from health problems. I can even understand temporarily adding meat back in, in the belief that it might help. I now know that meat isn't the answer. I now believe that there is always a vegetarian solution, but it might take awhile to find it. It took me 20 years to find it! But at the time, when I didn't know what else to do, I tried meat. So I would never judge anyone for eating meat in a desperate attempt to solve a health problem. This falls into the category of 'necessary.' Even if it isn't really necessary, the person might think it's necessary. That simply isn't the same thing as eating meat because "I like the taste of bacon."

But even when I was desperate, and ate meat, I always knew that animals were suffering. I always believed, all during that time, that there had to be a better way. I refused to believe that I had to eat dead animals in order to be healed. I just didn't know what the solution was. It eluded me for so long, that I was finally willing to try meat.

Eating meat didn't help at all. Maybe it has helped others, but I contend that there is always a vegetarian solution. Dr. Cousens MD goes into great detail about this. He has counseled thousands of people, including many who wanted to be a vegetarian for spiritual/ethical reasons, but failed to thrive, for whatever reason. He claims a 100% success rate in helping hundreds of people thrive on a vegan diet - not just vegetarian but vegan - once they tweak their diet according to metabolic typing.

Vegans are pioneers and have made some mistakes. There isn't a 1-size-fits-all approach in terms of the ratio of carbs to fats and protein. Some thrive on higher carbs, lower fats and proteins, while others are the opposite. We live in a toxic world. That has to be taken into account too.

Guess what my problem was? I finally traced it to 2 causes: Drinking distilled water (which leached out minerals) and 2 botched dental fillings (which were causing a chronic, low-level blood infection). Nothing to do with diet at all.

According to Dr. Cousens, in 100% of the cases wherein the person feels they must eat meat, it is either something like that (water or teeth) or it's metabolic typing, and there are always solutions, if the person really wants to be a vegetarian.

I have no idea what is causing your health problems, and I truly do hope you find solutions. I truly don't judge you for doing what you feel you must do right now. I DO understand because I've been there! It is possible to both champion the animals and refrain from judging at the same time. This is what I feel in my heart. I truly don't judge people who are struggling with this because of health problems. People are mistaken when they think I am judging them, when I champion the animals. It is they who are judging themselves. Only they know in their hearts whether their 'choices' are truly 'necessary' or not.